Chris Brown's "Residuals" dropped on April 11, 2024 as part of his 11:11 (Deluxe) album. However, it didn't start really dominating the charts until it formally became a focus single that September.

The Grammy-nominated ballad debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 weeks prior on August 24, and has since peaked to No. 40 and spent 26 weeks on the chart. It also spent three weeks topping the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.

Originally set to appear on 2022's Breezy, "Residuals" was the "first song that got buried," according to Blaq Tuxedo's chat with Rated R&B, but everything works out in due time. Inspired by Prince, the men feel many connected to "Residuals" because "it's the closest thing to the F.A.M.E. era -- the record choice, the feeling of the music [...] He was very vulnerable. It was real. It's just so relatable."

With the influx of streams and acclaim, Tank took it upon himself to launch the Residuals Verse Challenge, which brought together singers everywhere to freestyle their own verse over the instrumental.

"I tried to fight it, but I gotta issue you a challenge," said the crooner before showing folks how it should be done.

Other participants included the song's co-producers Blaq Tuxedo as well as R. Kelly, Trevor Jackson, WanMor, Jastin Martin, Remey Williams, Shade Jenifer, LoverBoy Vo, Q Parker of 112, TA Thomas, Eric Dawkins, Julian King, Citi Limitz, Shaun Sutton, Venor, Carvena, Tatiana Clark, Mishon, Juiicy 2xs, and Isaiah Jaay.

Rewatch the original (above) first and our favorite versions below, in no particular order.